Show john doe do la in efland england nf lAnd forty nine years ago died two near relatives in the legal profess profession lon ot of the celebrated sirs mrs harris john doo doe and richard roo roe for centuries their connection with landed property had bad been extensive and peculiar it smith wished to eject jones smith became john loe doe the plaintiff and jones was compelled to loin join sn in the legal comedy by becoming richard roe the defendant those names were also inserted in criminal proceedings as pledges to prosecute A curious incident happened at the trial in 1721 1724 of louis Hous sart for the murder of 0 his wife among other pleas in bar to and abatement of 0 the proceedings he be p pleaded leaded that there were no such persons as john doe and richard roe to this it was replied that there were two such persons in middlesex one a weaver the other a soldier and th this Is tact fact was sworn to this legal fiction was abolished on october 24 1852 1851 london chronicle |